Culture-critique Quote by George Eliot

“Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as…

— George Eliot

Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as…

— George Eliot

“A man with an affectionate disposition, who finds a wife to concur with his fundamental idea of life, easily comes to persuade himself that…

— George Eliot

“A man cannot be exactly the way he wants to be and also dream of keeping his wife”

— Manu Joseph

“When a husband is asked that question by his wife, he should say because he is madly in love with her. He can’t imagine…

— Mila Rossi

“It seemed to me that, were I a gentleman like him, I would take to my bosom only such a wife as I could…

— Charlotte Brontë

“A wife should submit herself to her husband, her husband should make her great if he wants to enjoy her.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“No married man is ever attractive except to his wife.”

— Oscar Wilde

“of every Perfection to endear him to a Wife’s Affections. — But, notwithstanding, I look on myself as the most unhappy of my Sex…

— Eliza Haywood

“In general, one may be sure that whenever a marriage of any mark takes place, male acquaintances are likely to pity the bride, female…

— George Eliot

“Like many women, she would always find it easier to feel for a male (except, of course, her husband, against whom she bore innumerable,…

— Sigrid Nunez

“You are exactly as charming as another man's wife ought to be: it is only thanks to the likes of you that men get…

— Eleanor Catton